Connecting Libraries, Connecting People

The RISE Network works with public libraries to provide Albertans with opportunities to communicate with health care professionals, participate in distance education, attend meetings, learn new skills and more – all by videoconference from their local library.

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RISE Is a great example of community development and efforts to build a resilient, trusted and accessible network of learning opportunity for rural Alberta. Bow Valley College would be pleased to continue utilizing the RISE Network to support and align with needs of rural learners, increase access to post-secondary opportunities and strengthen cross-generational learning through technology

— Teri McKinnon Bow Valley College

*CANCELLED* Conflict to Innovation (session for library staff)

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 2:30pm - 4:00pm

How can we structure our conversations to ensure participants are in a state of mind to innovate and not fight, flight or freeze?

Join Marjorie Munroe from Workplace Fairness West as she discusses with library staff how creative change can emerge from conflict.

"Our present challenge is to change the culture of conflict itself, within our workplaces , our communities, and our world . We must create a culture where even the most serious disputes are handled not on the basis of coercion or force, but from mutual respect and coexistence. Far from eliminating differences , our challenge is to make the world safe for differences." -William Ury